Boston Brahmins

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elite social group social class

The Boston Brahmins were a historic elite social class of old, wealthy, and influential New England families centered in Boston, known for their cultural, educational, and political leadership.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Boston Brahmin 6
Boston Brahmins canonical 2
Boston Brahmin elite 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite social group ⓘ
social class ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Boston Athenaeum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boston Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Church in Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Massachusetts General Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
Massachusetts Historical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Museum of Fine Arts Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredIn Back Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beacon Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinedBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declinePeriod mid 20th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ
WASP NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yankee ⓘ
old money ⓘ
wealthy ⓘ
hasNotableFamily Adams family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cabot family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lodge family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lowell family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peabody family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quincy family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saltonstall family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winthrop family NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Charles Francis Adams Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Cabot Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Russell Lowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor civic leadership ⓘ
cultural leadership ⓘ
educational leadership ⓘ
literary influence ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
political leadership ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
Unitarianism ⓘ
socialRole cultural elite ⓘ
regional aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codman family → associatedWith → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
Jean Saltonstall → memberOf → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Mary Tyler Peabody → notableFamily → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peabody family of New England intellectuals
Lee, Higginson & Co. → associatedWith → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin elite
George Cabot Lodge → partOf → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Mary Cabot Lee → memberOf → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
New England literary culture → relatedConcept → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmin caste of Boston
Lucy Flucker → memberOf → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston elite society
Cabot → isAssociatedWithFamily → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin families
Cabot family → memberOf → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
Elizabeth Cabot Lee → socialClass → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Robert Gould Shaw → socialClass → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Anna Cabot Mills Davis → memberOfSocialClass → Boston Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin